On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 02:12:05PM +0000, Jason McIntyre wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 03:06:34PM +0100, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 03:00:01PM +0100, Jan Stary wrote:
> >
> > > On Mar 05 13:30:53, j...@kerhand.co.uk wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 11:40:52AM +0100, Jan Stary wrote:
> > > > > The following part of the scanf(3) manpage
> > > > > probably needs to be reworded:
> > > > >
> > > > > The value
> > > > > .Dv EOF
> > > > > is returned if an input failure occurs before any conversion such
> > > > > as an
> > > > > end-of-file occurs.
> > > > >
> > > > > (I won't even attempt it, as I am not sure
> > > > > what the behaviour actually is.)
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > what is wrong with it?
> > >
> > > Probably just my English comprehension,
> > > but "conversion such as end-of-file" bugs me.
> >
> > How about:
> >
> > The value EOF is returned if an input failure such as an end-of-file occurs
> > before any conversion.
> >
> > -Otto
> >
>
> better than mine, but better still with commas after "failure" and
> "end-of-file".
>
> jmc
Like this?
-Otto
Index: scanf.3
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/lib/libc/stdio/scanf.3,v
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -u -p -r1.20 scanf.3
--- scanf.3 18 Jan 2012 14:01:38 -0000 1.20
+++ scanf.3 5 Mar 2013 15:02:52 -0000
@@ -423,8 +423,9 @@ such as an alphabetic character for a
conversion.
The value
.Dv EOF
-is returned if an input failure occurs before any conversion such as an
-end-of-file occurs.
+is returned if an input failure,
+such as an end-of-file,
+occurs before any conversion.
If an error or end-of-file occurs after conversion has begun,
the number of conversions which were successfully completed is returned.
.Sh SEE ALSO
